Train-order holder



(No Model.)

0.3. BIDDISON. TRAINl ORDER HOLDER.

/N VNTUH r A TTOHNEYS Patented July 14, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

CLARENCE E. BIDDISON,

oF GooDLAND, KANSAS.

TRAIN-ORDER HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,009, dated July 14,1891.

Application filed October 6, 1890.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that 1, CLARENCE E. BIDDIsoN, of Goodland, in the county ofSherman and State of Kansas, have invented a new and ImprovedTrain-Order Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to a device for holding train-orders, or otherprinted or written matter, and has for its object to improve upon theconstruction of the holder, for which I made application for LettersPatent May 8, 1890, Serial No. 351,002, and which was allowed August 6,1890, theimprovement being such as to render the holder more simple anddurable, and to provide fora more expeditious and convenient means ofinserting the order and holding the same in place.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device capable ofdisplaying and protecting train-orders or notices of any description.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 :is a vertical section through a frame adapted to containtrain-orders, the section also being taken through a lamp adapted toilluminate the order. Fig. 2 is a partial front elevation of a frameillustrated in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionV through thedevice embodying the invention and adapted to contain notices of anydescription. Y

TheframeA (illustratedin Figs. 1 and 2) may be of any size or shape, butis preferaby made rectangular, and the bottom bar 11 thereof is providedat the front with an upwardlyextending iange 12, the. upper bar 10 beingpreferably straight, and both of the said bars 10 and 11 at the back areprovided with two spaced flanges 13 and 14, the outer flanges 14 beingpreferably made of less width than the inner flanges. This provision ismade in order to accommodate a lamp B, which lamp Serial No. 367,208.(No model.)

In connection with the main frame A, av

door D is employed. This door usually consistsof a skeleton frame 18,the said frame being preferably made of wire, and the side pieces of theframe at their upper ends are carried at a right angle outward and bentupon themselves to form horizontal loops 19, the rod or bar 17 beingmade to pass through said loops, and by reason of this construction theframe of the-door is hinged to the main frame immediately in front ofand over the glass pane 15 thereof.

The door-frame at its lower end is provided with an essentiallyU.-shaped metal strip or band 20, and at the top 'or upper edge of thedoor-frame a transverse plate 22 is located, the said plate serving` toconnect the side pieces of the frame. This upper plate 22 is preferablyslightly curved in cross-section, the convexed surface being the upperor outer surface, and the upper edge of the plate may be roughened, ifin practice it is found desirable. Across the upper face of the plate arod 23 is secured, which rod extends from side bar to side bar of thedoor-frame, the rod being located at or near the transverse center ofthe plate 22.

A glass pane 24 is fitted to the frame D, the lower end of which glasspane is made to engage the strip 20 at the bottom of the frame, and theupper edge of the pane rests upon the upper surface of the plate 22immediately below the rod 23, which serves as a stop. The glass pane isheld in this position by means of an essentially U-shaped spring 25, thebow portion of which rests upon the glass pane 24 near its upper edge,the ends of the spring being attached to the side pieces of thedoor-frame.

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The door is normally held in a closed position by springs 26, whichsprings are coiled around the .rod or bar 17, serving as a pintle forthe door-hinge, and one end of each spring is made to bear against thefront edge of the upper plate 10 of the main frame A, the other end ofthe springs being attached to the side pieces of the door-frame. Thus,Ain operation, when the door is lifted up, the springs 26 are compressedand the top plate '22 of the door is carried some distance from the pane15 of the main frame. When the door is in this position, the train orderor other matter to be exhibited is placed upon the pane 15, and when thedoor is released the springs 26 act to close the door, and the plate 22of the door, engaging with the upper edge of the paper clamps the samedownward in engagement with the pane 15 of the body-frame,and at thesame time carries the order a short distance upward. y

In Fig. 3 the frame A is omitted entirely, and is substituted bya backboard 2'7, which may be inclined or perpendicular, as desired, the saidboard having secured to its upper edge a horizontal forwardly-extendingplate 2S, and ears or lugs 29 are attached to the sidesof the board atits upper end, in which ears or lugs the hinge-rod 17 of the door islocated.

The construction of the door is identical with that heretoforedescribed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent* 1. In a device of the character described, thecombination, with a receiving-frame and a pintle extending from side toside thereof, of a door-frame fitted to receive a glass pane and havingoutward-projecting loops sliding and turning upon the said pintle, andsprings coiled around the pintle and bearing upon the receiving and doorframes, as and for the purpose specified. l

2. In a device of the character described, the combination, with areceiving-frame and a pintle secured thereto,'of a door-frame iitted toreceive a glass pane, the said doorframe being provided with loops at anangle to its body, through which loops the said pintie passes, a springsecured to the door-frame and having a bearing against the glass pane,and springs coiled around the pintle having one end secured to thedoor-frame, the other end being adapted for engagement with the`receiving-frame, as and for the purpose specied.

3. ln a device of the character described, the combination, with areceiving-trame provided with ears at one end, cross-bars connectingsaid ears, and a pintle secured at its extremities in the ears, of adoor-frame provided with a plate integral with its upper edge, a glasspane Iitted to the door-frame,

and springs coiled around the pintle and having a bearing against thedoor-frame and receiving-frame, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination, with areceiving-frame and a pintle secured near one end of said frame, of askeleton door-frame, one end whereof consists of a plate curved incross-section, a glass pane titted in the door-frame, a retaining-springsecured to the frame and engaging with the glass pane, a hingeconnection between the door and the pintle, and springs ywound aroundthe pintle, secured to the doorf rame, and engaging with thereceiving-frame, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a device of the character specified, the combination, with areceiving-frame and a pintle secured at one end of the said frame,

ot a door-frame having a socket at one end and a plate curved incross-section at the opposite end, a glass pane iitted in the socket ofthe door-frame and bearing against the plate thereof, a retainingspringengaging with the glass pane and secured to the doorframe, and aspring-controlled connection between the pintle and the door-frame,substantially as and for the purpose specified. CLARENCEE. BIDDISON.Witnesses: v

C. P. RUSSELL, H. M. KELLOGG.

